f28709 cc14149	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1971
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 2nd, 3rd, 4th June 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 10 wickets
Points	Somerset 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Essex 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	J Arnold, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 279 all out
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 4/0 (Taylor 2*, Langford 2*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Saville b Acfield	44
MJ Kitchen	b Lever	0
DB Close	c Turner b East	29
M Hill	b Hobbs	7
A Clarkson	c Fletcher b Hobbs	49
TW Cartwright	b Hobbs	62
+DJS Taylor	not out	31
KJ O'Keeffe	b Turner	13
*BA Langford	lbw b Boyce	1
HR Moseley	b Boyce	14
AA Jones	c Fletcher b Hobbs	12
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 7 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 115.5 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-56, 3-82, 4-93, 5-200, 6-201, 7-220, 8-228, 9-253, 10-279 (115.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	14	1	41	2	-	-
Lever	15	2	37	1	-	-
Acfield	24	8	57	1	-	-
East	22	6	43	1	-	-
Hobbs	30.5	7	62	4	-	-
Turner	10	3	22	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Taylor b Langford	21
*+B Taylor	c Kitchen b Cartwright	20
GJ Saville	c Close b Langford	25
KWR Fletcher	c Taylor b O'Keeffe	13
G Barker	c Jones b Langford	8
KD Boyce	st Taylor b O'Keeffe	21
S Turner	run out	1
RNS Hobbs	c Close b Langford	3
RE East	b Langford	10
JK Lever	not out	0
DL Acfield	st Taylor b Langford	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 47.1 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-42, 3-70, 4-79, 5-106, 6-112, 7-116, 8-125, 9-127, 10-127 (47.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	5	1	13	0	-	-
Moseley	5	1	12	0	-	-
Cartwright	12	3	32	1	-	-
Langford	18.1	7	34	6	-	-
O'Keeffe	7	3	31	2	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	b Cartwright	4
*+B Taylor	c Virgin b Cartwright	13
GJ Saville	c Virgin b O'Keeffe	27
KWR Fletcher	c Hill b Cartwright	44
G Barker	lbw b Cartwright	3
KD Boyce	c and b O'Keeffe	12
S Turner	b O'Keeffe	0
RNS Hobbs	lbw b Cartwright	9
RE East	b O'Keeffe	22
JK Lever	not out	9
DL Acfield	lbw b O'Keeffe	3
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 74 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-31, 3-57, 4-72, 5-98, 6-100, 7-115, 8-125, 9-149, 10-159 (74 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	2	1	1	0	-	-
Moseley	2	0	4	0	-	-
Cartwright	32	19	43	5	-	-
Langford	11	2	38	0	-	-
O'Keeffe	27	9	60	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	not out	2
*BA Langford	not out	6
RT Virgin	did not bat
MJ Kitchen	did not bat
DB Close	did not bat
M Hill	did not bat
A Clarkson	did not bat
TW Cartwright	did not bat
KJ O'Keeffe	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 3.1 overs)	8

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	2	1	2	0	-	-
Lever	1.1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> HR Moseley (1) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> RNS Hobbs reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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